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FOOD STUFF; Lots of Wine, Sideways

The restaurateur Drew Nieporent, center, is starting his first store, Crush, a wine shop set to open Monday at 153 East 57th Street. He has teamed up with Josh Guberman, left, and an old school chum, Bob Schagrin, right, whose 5,000-bottle cellar of rare wines will be displayed for sale in a steel and glass wine vault in the back. Less exalted bottles, labeled with food pairing suggestions, lie on undulating cantilevered racks along one wall. A tasting room, which looks like the inside of a giant wine barrel, is off to one side. Members of the wine team of Mr. Nieporent's company, Myriad Restaurants, including Daniel Johnnes, David Gordon and Larry Stone, are helping out.